A Greener Way to use IT?

Submitted by robert.stanford on Wed, 16/12/2009 - 10:09

Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop.

This idea seemingly has the potential to significantly reduce the hardware required to interface with technology but does it represent greener IT?

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Virtual Tourism

Submitted by Nicola Terry on Sat, 02/01/2010 - 15:54.

Whether this IT is greener or not depends I think on how much energy it needs - projectors are getting more efficient but I don't know how powerful it would have to be to work in a range of lighting conditions. However, I am sure there are applications where IT can be used to save energy overall - for example virtual tourism replacing physical travel. I have been sitting on this fragment of a story I wrote some months ago and I haven't worked out what to do with it but it is supposed to be about tourism in the 2050s. I have put it on my website  now so you can read it:

http://nicola.qeng-ho.org/stories/abu-simbel.html

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